A large oil and natural gas exploration and production company was growing domestically and overseas,
employing over 5,000 people globally and supporting an increasingly diverse workforce. To improve its
business strategy execution, leadership wanted to put more emphasis on talent development across
the enterprise. To do so it needed to enhance delivery of talent management services across diverse
geographic locations and streamline its process efficiency and effectiveness.

The company partnered with PwC to implement SuccessFactors’ integrated SAP Human Capital
Management (HCM) SaaS solution in a hybrid architecture that could leverage its existing investment in
SAP HCM. The capabilities of SuccessFactors made the solution a good fit for the company’s field-based
workforce.

The client now has a globally consistent talent management process and technology platform to
deliver its programs. There’s now a clearer understanding of the value that HR provides and talent
management processes are more efficient and effective. For instance, a previously labor-intensive
annual compensation process has been reduced by 50 percent. Other wins include eliminating the
freeze on the client’s SAP application during the two-and-a-half-month compensation process, and the
ability to look at talent across domestic and international locations in a consistent and standardized way.